Prometheus-Grafana integration¶

The integration of Prometheus and Grafana is a standard pattern for monitoring Kubernetes environments. While Prometheus acts as the data source, Grafana serves as the visualization layer, allowing users to interpret Metrics through customizable dashboards^[400-devops-03-containerization-prometheus.md].

Connection Configuration¶

Grafana connects to the Prometheus server to query Metrics. Within a Kubernetes cluster, the connection typically targets the internal ClusterIP service. For example, if Prometheus is deployed in the same namespace, the connection URL is often http://prometheus-server:80^[400-devops-03-containerization-prometheus.md].

Visualization and Dashboards¶

Data from Prometheus is visualized in Grafana using Dashboards. Users can either build custom dashboards or import pre-configured community templates^[400-devops-03-containerization-prometheus.md].

• Community Dashboards: Grafana hosts a public library of dashboards that can be searched and imported, such as specific templates for Kubernetes monitoring^[400-devops-03-containerization-prometheus.md].
• Import by ID: Dashboards can be added directly using their unique ID, such as ID 6417^[400-devops-03-containerization-prometheus.md].

Deployment¶

This monitoring stack is commonly deployed using Helm. Both projects maintain official charts in their respective community repositories^[400-devops-03-containerization-prometheus.md].

Related Concepts¶

• Prometheus
• Grafana

Sources¶

^[400-devops-03-containerization-prometheus.md]